Hey Everybody! It's Fr. Edward

Inspiring Conversations about Faith, Film, and Life

About the show

Fr. Edward Looney is a Catholic priest who loves having conversations with guests. They talk about new book releases, various topics related to faith and life, and occasionally he speaks with producers, directors, and actors from the film industry. He has podcasted since 2019, formerly as “How They Love Mary” and “Cup of St. Joe,” conducting over 300 interviews to date. The interview style podcasts from Fr. Edward continues now, as he begins each conversation greeting his audience with “Hey Everybody!” Tune in for inspiring conversations about faith, film, and life.

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Episodes

  • Episode 250: The Role Faith Plays in Counseling and the Movements of our Heart with Dr. Gerry Crete

    January 29th, 2024  |  34 mins 54 secs
    book interview

    Dr. Gerry Crete is the author of the book "Litanies of the Heart: Relieving Post-Traumatic Stress and Calming Anxiety Through Healing Our Parts." In this conversation with Fr. Edward Looney, Dr. Gerry explains the different movements of the heart and how one can with, through, and about different experiences we have underwent. An enlightening conversation about psychology and faith.

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    Episode 249: Are there faith-based TV shows & series? Meet Peggy Schott an Actress in the Show Vindication

    January 25th, 2024  |  28 mins 14 secs
    tv show interview

    I learned about Peggy Schott and the television show Vindication because she was promoting it on a few different Facebook groups I belonged too. I love talking to producers and actors and actresses so I reached out . I learned more about the show. Watched season one and then ended up watching seasons two and three too when I was snowed in during a blizzard. There are faith based movies out there and now I'm excited to be learning about faith based television shows. Seasons two and three definitely were different than season one, and I loved them all. I'm happy to share this conversation with Peggy and hope you might consider watching Vindication. I'm going to bet you will get hooked just like I did!

  • Episode 248: A Discussion about Vocation (in General) and Array of Hope's Documentary with Mario Costabile

    January 22nd, 2024  |  33 mins 3 secs
    documentary

    Every few years, a new vocation documentary releases meant to inspire another generation of men to consider the priesthood. Array of Hope is a digital production company producing great Catholic content. Mario joins Fr. Edward Looney to talk about the mission of Array of Hope and they discuss many topics related to vocation, including discouragement and discernment.

  • Episode 247: A New Pro-Life Resource for the Next Generation—A Comic Book with Patricia Wiedemer

    January 15th, 2024  |  40 mins 46 secs
    pro-life

    Patricia Wiedemer serves as the Executive Director for PEI Life Association and Life Canada and joins Fr. Edward Looney to discuss a new resource they have available to communicate the Pro-Life message to teenagers. She explains the story of the comic book "The Gift" in addition to sharing about the Pro-Life movement in Canada.

  • Episode 246: Lets Talk All Things Sacramentals with Shaun McAfee

    January 10th, 2024  |  47 mins 16 secs
    book interview

    Shaun McAfee undertook a study of the Church's sacramentals to write his latest book with TAN Books, it's actually a Compendium of Sacramentals. In this episode, Shaun and Father Looney discuss many different sacramentals in the Church including ones we wear, look at, and make use of like holy water. Fall in love or rediscover the value of the Catholic Church's sacramentals.

  • Episode 245: Remembering Emily DeArdo and Remembering Our Own Death

    January 3rd, 2024  |  37 mins 18 secs
    book interview

    Emily DeArdo was a bright and happy light on social media. I interviewed back on Episode 76 of How They Love Mary. She fought Cystic Fibrosis throughout her life and had a lung transplant as a young woman. Her book with Ave Maria Press was confronting death and meditating on the Stations of the Cross. In her memory, I am pulling from the archives this week, to bring her episode to the forefront once again. Join me in praying for her eternal rest.

  • Episode 244: The Nativity of Jesus Christ According to Venerable Maria of Agreda

    December 21st, 2023  |  48 mins 18 secs
    mystics

    Fr. Edward read The Mystical City of God as a podcast in 2022 with a replay in 2023. On How They Love Mary, he is please to share episodes 151, 152, and 153 which detail the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. We know the Nativity story based on what Matthew and Luke recount, now hear from a mystic of the Catholic tradition.

  • Episode 243: Al McCauley Serves Fish on Fridays Throughout the Year on YouTube

    December 15th, 2023  |  44 mins 47 secs
    conversation

    Fr. Edward features fellow Wisconsin content creator Al McCauley, who hosts Fish on Fridays on today's podcast of How They Love Mary. In this episode, Al and Fr. Looney talk about their style of content creation, where they have seen success, and what they have learned along the way. Be sure to check out the Fish on Fridays Channel, subscribe, watch, like and comment.

  • Episode 242: Do Catholic Priests Watch Christmas Movies? with Fr. Randy Mattox

    December 5th, 2023  |  29 mins 51 secs

    Fr. Edward makes a confession in this episode, he enjoys Christmas movies. Not just the classics but the sappy ones too. In this episode, Fr. Edward speaks to another Christmas movie loving priest, Fr. Randy Mattox, and they look at these movies from a perspective of faith. They discuss how priests find time to watch movies in the balance of their ministerial life and if it is even appropriate for Catholic priests to watch Christmas movies.

  • Episode 241: The Story Behind Angel Studios New Film "The Shift" and Hints to Understand the Movie

    December 1st, 2023  |  22 mins 1 sec
    movie interview

    Brock Heasley, Director of the Shift, talks with Fr. Edward Looney about the new moving releasing in studios December 1, 2023 from Angel Studios. Brock shares how the film moved from concept to reality, the characteristics of dystopian Christian sci-fi, how The Shift was inspired by the Screwtape Letters and the Book of Job, and why the empty tomb necklace is important to the story.

  • Episode 240: How Thomas Merton Introduced Marc Aronoff to the Mystical Writings of St. Catherine of Genoa

    November 27th, 2023  |  42 mins 28 secs
    book interview, saints

    Marc Aronoff found himself at the Abbey of Gethsemani to conduct research about Thomas Merton. As he read Merton's journals, he discovered one sentence about St. Catherine of Genoa and that led Marc Aronoff on a life changing discovery of St. Catherine of Genoa. In this interview, Marc introduces listeners to the life and writings of St. Catherine of Genoa and Thomas Merton.

  • Episode 239: Thankful for 2023, Mary's Intercession, and Podcast Guests and Listeners

    November 20th, 2023  |  29 mins 51 secs
    fr. edward monologue

    This week, Fr. Edward Looney shares what he is grateful for in 2023 as we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving. He shares about his change in ministry, the power of Mary's intercession, his experience in England, and finally a review of some of his favorite episodes from 2023. Who knows, maybe this will become an annual Thanksgiving Week tradition.

  • Episode 238: What We Can Learn from the Popes Over the Course of a Year with Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, STD

    November 13th, 2023  |  33 mins 40 secs
    book interview

    There have been 266 popes throughout the history of the Catholic Church, beginning with St. Peter and up through today with Pope Francis. Fr. Kirby has authored a 365 day devotional on the papacy and the writings of the Holy Fathers. There is a lot the popes can teach us. Read, reflect, pray, and learn from the wisdom of the pontiffs with the help of Fr. Jeffrey Kirby. In this conversation with Fr. Edward Looney, you will learn from Fr. Kirby about the Avignon Papacy, what the popes have taught us about Mary, who he believes is an overlooked pope, and so much more.

  • Episode 237: Acknowledging and Healing the Father Wound Within Us with Bob Kroll

    November 6th, 2023  |  41 mins 48 secs
    book interview

    Bob Kroll has written a new book that will help set many people on a journey of healing. Many people have a father wound because of absent fathers, neglectful fathers, abusive fathers, vice-ridden fathers, and the list goes on. Through our own prayer and spirituality we are able to identify how we are wounded and in response then seek healing from God. Bob Kroll joins. Fr. Edward Looney in a discussion about healing our father wounds especially through Eucharistic adoration and Bob's 13 steps.

  • Episode 236: Saints Who Were Devoted to Saints with Kimberly Begg

    November 1st, 2023  |  36 mins
    book interview, saints

    I've marveled over saints and their devotion to Mary. But saints and their devotion to other saints has been inspiring to me too. I'm grateful for Kimberly Begg's new book Unbreakable: Saints Who Inspired Saints to Moral Courage. In a conversation fitting for All Saints Day, allow the witness of the saints and their devotion to inspire you.

  • Episode 235: Mary's Town Productions Is Asking Mother Mary to Wrap Her Mantle Around Hollywood

    October 23rd, 2023  |  35 mins 10 secs
    rosary

    Dave and Michael have been lifelong friends. In recent years, this friendship led them to pray for the culture and conversion of Hollywood. This has since been formalized with Mary's Town Productions and the rosary prayed over Zoom twice a week. Learn more about their apostolate of prayer, why it's needed, and the fruit they have seen in this week's How They Love Mary episode.

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